Regulating system



11, 1942- L. H. PERRY ETAL 2,292,844

REGULATING SYSTEM Original Filed Sept. 20, 1940 Patented Aug. 11,

REGULATING SYSTEM Leo H. Perry, Schenectady, N. Y., and Herman Bany, Lansdowne, Pa.,

assignors to General Electric Company, a corporation of New York Original application September 20, 1940', Serial No. 357,604. Divided and this application May 9, 1941, Serial No. 392,648

9 Claims. (01.. 290-40) Our invention relates to regulating systems for dynamo-electric machines and more particularly to load regulating systems for alternating current generators operated by controllable prime movers.

This application is a division of our copending application Serial No. 357,604, filed September 20, 1940 and assigned to the assignee of the present application.

While our invention is applicable for use in certain aspects in connection with a plurality of generator circuits, it is particularly applicable and will be described, by way of illustration, in connection with double winding generators connected in a sectionalized bus system.

The commercial use of double-winding synchronous generators in bus systems has presented various problems among which are problems relating to controlling the relation or balance between the kilovolt-amperes (kva.) and kilowatts (kw.) of the respective windings during the various conditions of operation of the double-winding generator. In certain installations, it is required that the generator may be operated with one winding idle and with the other winding loaded, or that the respective windings may be operated simultaneously but with difierent percentage loadings. In most cases independent loading of one or the other winding, or unequal loading of the respective windings, must be limited to predetermined values; otherwise, there is danger of injuring the insulation of the machine due to the development of excessive temperatures.

It is an object of our invention to provide a new and improved regulating system for dynamoelectric machines operated by controllable prime movers.

It is another object of our invention to provide an improved load regulating system for a plurality of synchronous generator circuits energized from a generator or generators operated by a controllable prime mover.

It is a further object of our invention toprovide an improved load regulating system for synchronous generators of the double-winding type operated by a controllable prime mover.

It is a still further object of our invention to provide a regulating system for double-winding generators operated by a single prime mover so that the respective windings of such generators may be operated with predetermined unequal loadings without subjecting the machine to harmful operating conditions.

In accordance with the illustrated embodiment of our invention, we provide current responsive means which will indicate the loading of the respective windings of a double-winding machine. If either winding, but not both, carries current over a predetermined value, such as fifty-five per cent of the generator rating for a certain time interval, a load back-oil equipment is put into operation. The field excitation of the generator is normally controlled by a voltage regulator but the load back-off equipment transfers the field excitation control from the voltage regulator to a separate regulating relay which is arranged to hold substantially unity power factor on the generator. Simultaneously with the transfer of control from the voltage regulator to the reactive volt-ampere relay, the governor of the generator prime mover is controlled to efiect a load reduction in increments until the load on the given generator winding is reduced to a predetermined value within a predetermined time. When the current in the overloaded winding is reduced to or less than the predetermined value, the operation of the load back-off equipment is terminated and the equipment is reset by the operator for control under the voltage regulator and manual governor setting.

Our invention will be better understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, and its scope will be pointed out in the appended claims.

The single figure of the accompanying drawing is a diagrammatic illustration of an embodiment of our invention as applied to a three-phase double-winding synchronous generator connected to a sectionalized bus and operated by a prime mover.

Referring to the drawing, a three-phase double-winding synchronous generator I having a plurality of separately insulated stator windings 2 and 3 is connected to energize'a main bus 4'. The bus 4 is shown as comprising two sections 5 and 6. As illustrated, the generator winding 2 is connected to energize bus-section 5 and the generator winding 3 is connected to energize bus section 6. The bus sections 5 and 6 under normal conditions of operation are not connected by the usual bus sectionalizing switch (not shown) but are interconnected through the coupling between the generator windings 2 and 3 in accordance with the system described and claimed in United States Letters Patent No.. 1,815,823,

granted July 21, 1931 upon an application of Theophilus F. Barton. It will, of course, be understood by those skilled in the art that other synchronous generators (not shown) are conof the buses and nected to the main bus 4 for operation in parallel with generator I. The generator i is provided with an excitation circuit; indicated by the rotatable field winding 1 which is arranged to be driven b a suitable prime mover 8, such as a steam turbine. The prime mover 8 is supplied with operating fluid through a valve or gate 9 maintained in a position dependent upon an op erating condition of the turbine by means of a governor It). Means are provided to change the adjustment of the governor mechanism such as by a synchronizing mechanism connected to be operated in either direction by a reversible pilot motor |2. The pilot motor |2 is provided with field windings I3 and M which are connected to be energized selectively from a control bus |5 by the regulating mechanism to be described presently.

The field winding 1 of generator I is arranged to be energized by a, direct current exciter l6 having a self-excited field winding l1, although obviously the well known pilot exciter excitation system could be used if desired. A motor-operated rheostat I8 is connected in circuit with field winding l1 and is arranged to be operated by a reversible pilot motor I! having fieldwindings 20 and 2| which are arranged to be energized selectively for raising or lowering the voltage of exciter IS. The exciter I6 is also provided with high speed raising or lowering features which, as illustrated, comprise a raise" contactor 22 and a lower contactor 23. The "raise contactor 22 has its contacts normally open and is arranged to short circuit the rheostat l8 when energized. The lower contactor 23 has its contacts normally closed to short circuit an auxiliary resistance 24 in series with rheostat I8. When contactor 23 is energized, it serves to insert resistance 24 into the field circuit of exciter l6, thereby producing a relatively sud-den decrease in the excitation produced by the exciter l6.

The motor-operated rheostat I 8 and high speed contactors 22 and 23 are normally controlled by a voltage regulator indicated generally at 25. A suitable voltage regulator is of the type described and claimed in Patent No. 1,848,852, granted March 8, 1932 on an application of L. W. Thompson. This regulator is provided with a voltage responsive operating element illustrated as representing a three-phase torque motor 26. In order to control the excitation of the generator to maintain the average value of the voltages of the windings 2 and 3 at a predetermined value, the torque motor 26 is connected to be energized from each of the bus sections 5 and 6 through a potential transformer 21 connected to bus 5 and potential transformer 28 connected to bus 6. The secondary winding of transformer 21 is connected through an impedance 29 and the secondary winding of transformer 28 is connected through an impedance 30 to a common circuit 3| to which the windings of the torque motor 26 are connected. With equal impedances, particularly with a high resistance component, the torque motor 26 responds to the average voltage 6. If desired, the impedances 23 and 30 may be selected or adjusted to be of different values so as to hold a voltage intermediate to the voltages of buses 5 and 6, other than the average voltage.

The torque motor 26 is arranged to operate contacts which are identified, respectively, as the slow speed raise" and lower" contacts 32 and 33 and high speed raise" and lower contacts 34 and 35. The high speed raise" and lower contacts 34 and 35 control the high speed contactors 22 and 23, respectively. Contacts 32 and 33 cooperate with a common center contact 36 having a notched circular form, and contacts 34 and 35 cooperate with a common center contact 3! having a smooth circular form. These center contacts 36 and 31 are mounted on a common shaft 38 and are rotated by a small constant speed motor 39 which may be connected to any convenient source of voltage. The center contacts are connected to one side of the control bus |5 through the brush contact 40. The rotation of the center contacts 36 and 31 provides automatic mechanical anti-hunting of the regular operation.

The apparatus just described will function to hold a constant average voltage between the bus sections 5 and 6 but there is no limitation on the current loading of either winding. In accordance with our invention, we provide equipment referred to herein as load back-off equipment to reduce the load on the generator whenever the current carried by either of the windings, but not both, exceeds a predetermined value. A common commercial current limit is 55 per cent of the generator rating and for purposes of simplifying the description, the predetermined current limit will be referred to as 55 per cent of the generator rating. In order to obtain response in accordance with the loading of the several generator windings, we provide current transformer 4| in a phase conductor of generator winding 2 and another current transformer 42 in a phase conductor of generator winding 3. Current transformer 4| is connected to energize the operating coil of a current limiting relay 43 which is provided with normally closed contacts 45 and normally open contacts 46. Current transformer 42 is connected to energize the operating coil of a current limiting relay 4! which is provided with normally closed contacts 48 and normally open contacts 49. The current limiting relays 43 and 41 control multicontact auxiliary relays 50 and 5| respectively to provide a sufiicient number of contacts to perform the necessary control functions. The operating coil of auxiliary relay 56 is arranged to be energized from the control bus 5 when the relay 43 is energized to close its normally open contacts 46. Similarly, the operating coil of auxiliary relay 5| is arranged to be energized when the normally open contacts 49 of relay 4! are closed. The relay 5!! is provided with normally closed contacts 52 and normally open contacts 53, 53, 54 and 55. The relay 5| is provided with normally closed contacts 56 and normally open contacts 51, 58, 58' and 53. If both the relays 43 and 41 are picked up both the relays 50 and 5| are picked up and no circuit can be made to start the operation of the load back-oi! equipment. However, if one of the relays 43 or 41 and the associated auxiliary relay 56 or 5| is picked up, a circuit is completed to energize the control relay 60. Relay 60 is provided with a pair of normally open contacts 6| and is also provided with time delay closing means indicated by the dashpot 62 which may be adjustable from several seconds up to thirty seconds, depending upon the nature of the system. This time delay is for the purpose of preventing false operation of the load back-oil equipment on system faults. Normally, such faults will have had ample opportunity to clear in thirty seconds or less. The closing of contacts 6| of relay 66 energizes the operating coil of a hand reset relay 63. The hand reset mechanism is indicated by the manually operated latch 84. Relay 68 is provided with normally closed contacts 85, 68, 51 and 58 and normally open-contacts 88, I0, II and II- When relay 58 picks up it latches in and transfers con- I trol from the voltage regulator 25 to a reactive volt-ampere relay I2 er Although various types'of reactive volt-ampere relays may be used, a satisfactory type comprises the doublethrow relay I2 which has one potential coil 14, one current coil I5 and a movable. contact I8 which floats between two sets 'of ilxed contacts tor I2 is provided for effecting manual control.

The operation of the apparatus as illustrated in the drawing is substantially as follows. It will be assumed that the various relays and control devices are -in the' illustrated positions and the various control relays, except as otherwise noted,

are in the deenergized position. From the forefor the operating coil of relay 50 or through contacts 49 for the operating coil of relay 5|. When either relay 50 or 5| picks up, or if both pick up, the circuit of alarm device I 05 is completed either through the contacts 54 of relay 50 or contacts transformer 4| in generator winding 2 to theremaining conductor of the three phase circuit. Similarly, relay I8 comprises a double-throw relay which has a potential coil 18, a current coil 80 and a movable contact 8| which floats between two sets of fixed contacts 82 and 82'.

The potential -coil 18 is connected to two lines of the bus 5 through a potential transformer 88 and the current coil 80 is connected through current transformer 42 in generator winding 8 to the remaining conductor of the three phase circuit.

In order to assure proper operation of the regulating equipment under load swings occurring during the operation of the load back-off equipment, we provide relays 84 and 85. Relay 84 is provided with normally open contacts 86 and 81 and relay 85 is provided with normally open contacts 88 and 88. The contacts of relays 84 and 85 are added so that these devices in conjunction with relays 50 and 5| actually raise as well as lower the setting of governor control pilot motor I2.

We control the field excitation control apparatus intermittently or in small increments through notching relays 90 and 9| which are controlled through the contacts-of 50 and 5|. Relay 80 is provided with normally closed contacts 82 and time delay closing means indicated by the dash-' pot 98. Relay 9| is provided with normally open contacts 94 and 95 and with time delay opening means indicated by the dashpot 88.

We also provide means to decrease the power input to the prime mover intermittently or in increments so that the load on the overloaded winding may be reduced to a predetermined value such as the previously mentioned 55 per cent value in a predetermined time. In order to provide this incremental unloading, we provide notching relays 91 and- 98. Relay 81 is provided with normally closed contacts 98 and is also provided with time delay closing means indicated by the dashpot I00. Relay 88 is provided with normally closed contacts MI and normally open contacts I02 and I08. This relay is also provided with time delay opening means indicated by the dashpot I04.

An alarm device I05, which is indicated as an electric bell, is arranged to be energized from the control bus I5 through the normally open contacts 54 of relay 50 or the normally open contacts 51 of relay 5|. A control switch I08 having normally open contacts in circuit with the 5'! of relay. 5|, giving an indication to the operator of the overload condition of the machine windings. If both windings of the generator simultaneously exceed the predetermined value of per cent of current, no action will be taken by the loaii back-oil equipment which is initiated by relays 80 and 88 to reduce the generator load and the field excitation. It is assumed that such condition is a, result of an operator's action and occurs under his supervision in' a temporary emergency and no automatic corrective action is taken. However, if either one of the relays 48 or 41 (but not both) is energized, relay is energized. Assume relay 48 has picked up. Then, as previously explained, relay 50 will pick up and will close its normally opencontact 54. A circuit is then completed from the positive side of bus I5, through contact 54, contact 58 of relay 5|, the operating coil of relay' 50, back to the negative side of bus I5. If relay48 drops out before the expiration of the closing time delay of relay 80,

then relay 60 will be reset to its deenergized position. However, if relay "remains in its pickedup position until the time delay of relay 60 has expired, its contacts 6| will close and the operation of the load back-off equipment is initiated. A similar sequence of events will occur if relay 41 picks up and relay 48 is not picked up.

The closing of contacts SI of relay 60 energizes the operating coil of hand reset relay 68 through the previously described circuit completed by the contacts of relays 50 and 5| so that the normally open contacts of relay 63 are closed and the normally closed contacts are opened, whereby the control of pilot motor I9 of the motor-operated rheostat I8 is transferred from the voltage regulator 25 to reactive volt-ampere relay I2 or 18, and the high speed contacts 22 and 28 are rendered inoperative through the opening of contacts of relay 58. For the more detailed consideration of the operating cycle, it will be assumed that generator winding ,2 is overloaded and that relay 48 is picked up. With the cloraise and lower circuits of governor control mocontacts 54 of relay 50, the closed contacts 58 of relay 5!, the closed contacts 92 of relay 90 and then through the closed contacts H oi relay 53 to the negative node of bus l5. The energization of relay 9! and closure of its contacts 94 causes the operating coil of relay 90 to be energized and this relay picks up to cause the operating coil of relay 9| to be deenergized; The time delay dropout of relay 9|, through its time delay dropout means 98, is relatively short with respect to that of relay 90 through its time delay dropout means 93. No definite time delay relations can be specified for all installations but a given study has indicated that for one particular installation the time delay dropout of relay 90 may be of the order of five seconds and that of relay 9| may be of the order of one-half second or longer if desired.

During the period when relay 9| is picked up a circuit is closed from the positive side of bus [5 through contacts 95, through the closed contacts 55 of relay 50, through the contacts 11 of reactive volt-ampere relay 72, the contacts of relay 83, to energize the field winding 2| of motoroperated rheostat |8 to lower the excitation of the generator, or a circuit is completed through contacts ll of relay l2, thecontacts 59 of relay 53 to field winding of motor-operated rheostat It to raise the field excitation of the generator. Briefly stated, the operation of notching relays 90 and 9| through the contacts of the current responsive relay 50 or 5| and the reactive volt-ampere relay 12 or 73 effects control of the motor-operated rheostat to hold substantially unity power factor on the overloaded winding 2 of the generator I.

Simultaneously with the operation just described, the current limiting relay 43 and its auxiliary relay 58, or current limiting relay 4! and its auxiliary relay 5|, depending upon which winding of the generator is overloaded, will cause a lowering circuit to be made to the governor control motor I 2 to eifect a decrease in power input to the prime mover and thereby reduce the load on the prime mover and the current of the generator. A notching feature has been provided for this control through the notching relays 91 and 98. In studies we have made on one particular installation, we have found thatit would be satisfactory to reduce the load on the overload generator winding in about two minutes time and provide notching means with some fifteen to twenty steps. The operation of relays 91 and 98 is similar to that of notching relays 90 and 9|. With relay 50 picked up and relay 5| dropped out, aspreviously assumed, a circuit is completed from the positive side of bus l5, through contacts 53' of relay 58, through the normally closed contacts 99 of relay 91, through the operating coil of relay 98, through the contacts ll of relay 88 (which is latched in) to the negative side of the bus I5. Relay 98 is then picked up and closes its contacts I02 to energize the operating coil of relay 91. Relay 91 picks up and deenergizes the operating coil of relay 98, but since relay 98 has a time delay opening mechanism it maintains its normally open contacts closed for its time delay period. During tacts 88 of relay 84 the time that relay 98 is picked up, its contacts I 83 are closed so that a circuit is completed for the field winding Ill 01' governor motor I2 from the positive side of bus through contacts 58 of relay 50 to reduce the power input to the prime mover and thereby reduce the current of the overloaded generator winding in increments of relays 91 and 98. I

As previously; explained, the relays 84 and 85 are provided to obviate difficulties which might be occasioned by load swings. These relays are auxiliaryto the control effected by the auxiliary overcurrent relays 58 and 5| in connection'with the control of the governor control motor l2.

With the apparatus described exclusive of the relays 84 and 85, the regulating relays 43 and 41 only cause the motor 12 to lower. Under this condition, 11' load swings occur during this disturbance there would be a tendency for the redue to the notching action -lays 43 and 41 to lower motor l2 at the peak of each load swing and, therefore, may cause the turbine and generator to be unloaded below the desired load point. By the addition of relays 84 and 85 in the raising circuit of motor l2, raising impulses are given to the motor I! at the low point .of each swing cycle. Eventually, of course, the load swings will cease and when steady state conditions are restored, it will be seen that the motor l2 should come to a position corresponding to the desired loading value on the more highly loaded winding of the machine. Under the assumed conditions with relays 84 and 85 functioning, overcurrent relay 43 is picked up and relay 84 is, therefore, in the dropout position with its contacts open. Relay 85, however, would be picked up since relay 4! is deenergized. Upon the occasion of load swings causing relays 84 and 85 to be picked up simultaneously, a circuit is completed through the series related conand contacts 88 of relay 85 circuit to operate notching relays 91 and 98 in addition to the control of these relays effected through either relay 50 or relay 5|. During the time relay 98 is picked up and relays 84 and 85 are simultaneously closed, a circuit is completed to energize the field winding I 4 of governor pilotmotor l2 and increase the power input to the prime mover. Thus, the relays-84 and 85 cause raising of the setting of the governor control mechanism H. Thus, with the operation of relays 84 and 85 in cooperation with the operation; of relays '50 and 5| the governor setting is both raised and lowered.

When the current in the overloaded generator winding has been reduced to or below the predetermined value, the load and field control is immediately stopped and the generator continues to operate at the final fixed field and governor setting until the equipment is reset by the operator. The operator resets the equipment by unlatching the mechanism 54 sothat relay 83 returns to its deenergized position. This again transfers the control of the generator field excitation to the .voltage regulator 25 and transfers the control of the governor control motor I! to the manually operated control switch I06.

From the foregoing description of the operation when generator winding 2 is overloaded, it is believed that those skilled in the art will readily understand the operating cycle when generator winding 3 is overloaded and no further description is believed to be necessary.

While we have shown and described a particular embodiment of our invention, it will be obto provide a control I 5, through contacts I03 vious to those skilled in the art that changes and modiflcations may be made without departing from our invention and we, therefore, aim in the appended claims to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of our invention.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In an electrical system, an alternating current generator, a prime mover coupled to drive said generator, powerinput controlling means for said prime mover, a voltage regulator for controlling the voltage of said generator under a predetermined electrical condition of said generator, power factor regulating means for controlling said generator, means for transferring control of said generator from said voltage regulator to said power factor regulating means un-- der an electrical condition of said generator differing from said predetermined condition, and means responsive to the current of said generator for controlling said power input controlling means when said generator is under control of said power factor regulating means.

2. In an'electrical system, an alternating current generator, a prime mover coupled to drive said generator, power input controlling means for said prime mover, means responsive to current of said generator above a predetermined value for controlling said power input controlling means to reduce the power input to said prime mover, and means responsive to swings in current below said predetermined value and before said current has reached a steady value below said predetermined value for controlling said power input controlling means to increase the power input to said prime mover.

3. In an electrical system, a double-winding alternating current generator having a pair of separately insulated armature windings, a prime mover coupled to drive said generator, 2. power input controlling means for said prime mover,

means responsive to current of one of said windings above a predetermined value when the current of the other winding is below said predetermined value for controlling said power input controlling means to reduce the power input to said prime mover, and means responsive to the simultaneous occurrence of currents in both of said windings below said predetermined value for controlling said power input controlling means to efiect an increase in the power input to said prime mover.

4. In an electrical system, a double-winding alternating current generator having a pair'of separately insulated armature windings, a prime move coupled to drive said generator, a power inpu controlling means for said prime mover, means responsive to current of one of said windings above a predetermined value when the current in the other of said windings is below said predetermined value for controlling said power input controlling means to reduce the power input to said prime mover, means responsive to the simultaneous occurrence of currents in both of said windings below said predetermined value for controlling said power input controlling means to effect an increase in the power input to said prime mover, and means operative in response to the operation of said second mentioned means or said third mentioned means for causing intermittent operation of said power input controlling means.

5. In an electrical system, a double-winding alternating current generator having a pair of separately insulated ature windings and'being Provided with a single rotor, a prime mover coupled to drive said rotor, power-input controlling means for said prime mover, an excitation circuit for said rotor, regulating means for controlling the energization of said'excitation circuit, means responsive to the voltage of said generator .for controlling said regulating means. means responsive to the reactive volt-'amperes of said generator for controlling said regulating means, means responsive to current above a predetermined value in either one of said armature windings when current in the other winding is below said predetermined value for transferring control of said. regulating means from said voltage responsive means to said reactive volt-ampere responsive means, and means simultaneous- 1y operative in response to the last mentioned operation of said current responsive means for controlling said power-input controlling means.

\ 6. In an electrical system, a double-winding alternating current generator having a pair of separately insulated armature windings and being provided with a single rotor, a prime mover coupled to drive said rotor, power-input controlling means for said prime mover, an excitation circuit for said rotor, regulating means for controlling the energization of said excitation circuit, means responsive to the voltage of said generator for controlling said regulating means, means responsive to the reactive volt-amperes of said generator for controlling said regulating means, means responsive to current above a predetermined value in either one of said armature windings when the current in the other winding is below said predetermined value for transferring control of said regulating means from said voltage responsive means to said reactive voltampere responsive means, means for causing intermittent operation of said regulating means when under control of said reactive volt-ampere responsive means, means simultaneously operative in response to the operation of said current responsive means for controlling said power-input controlling means to reduce the .power input to said prime mover, and means for efiecting intermittent operation of said last mentioned means.

7. In an electrical system, a double-winding alternating current generator having a pair of separately insulated armature windings and being provided with a single rotor, a prime mover coupled to drive said rotor, power-input controlling means for said prime'mover, an excitation circuit for said rotor, regulating means for controlling the energization of said excitation circuit, means responsive to the voltage or said generator for controlling said regulating means, means responsive to the reactive volt-amperes of said generator for controlling said regulating means, means responsive to current above a predetermined value in either one of said armature windings when current in the other winding is below said predetermined value for transferring control of said regulating means from said voltage responsive means to said reactive volt-ampere responsive means, means simultaneously operative in response to the last mentioned operation of said current responsive means for controlling said power-input controlling means to reduce the power input to said prime mover, and means for effecting intermittent operation of said last mentioned means.

8. In an electrical system, a double-winding alternating current generator having a pair of coupled to drive said rotor, trolling means, for said prime mover, an excita-.

, raising and lowering separately insulated armature windings and being provided with a single rotor, a prime vmover power-input contion circuit for said rotor, regulating means for controlling the energization oi. said excitation circuit and comprising slow and fast means for the excitation of said generator, means responsive to the voltage of said generator for controlling said regulating means when the current 01' either one of said armature windings is below a predetermined value, means responsive to the reactive volt-amperes or said generator for controlling said regulating means,

means responsive to current'above a predetermined value in either one of said armature windings when current in the other winding is below said predetermined value for transferring control oi said regulating means from said voltage responsive means to said reactive volt-ampere responsive means, means controlled by the to reduce the power and means for efiect of said last mentioned controlling said pow- 9. In an electrical system, a double-winding alternating current generator having a pair of separately insulated armature windings and being provided with a single rotor, a, prime mover power input to said prime said rotor, power-input controlling means for saidprime mover. an excita tlon circuit for said rotor, regulating means for controlling the energization of said excitation circuit and comprising slow and fast means for coupled to drive raising and lowering the excitation oi said generator, means responsive to the voltage of said generator for controlling said regulating means when the current of either one of said armature windings is below a predetermined value, means responsive to the reactive volt-ampercs of said generator ior controlling said regulating means, means responsive to current above a predetermined value in either one of said armature windings when current in the other winding is below said predetermined valu for transferring control 01 said regulating means from said voltage responsive means to said reactive volt-ampere responsive means, means for delaying the operation of said last mentionedmcans until current values above said predetermined value exist for a. predetermined time, means controlled by the operation of said last mentioned means for rendering the fast means of said regulating means inoperative, means for. effecting intermittent operation of said slow regulating means during operation under control oi said reactive volt-ampere responsive means, means simultaneously operative in response to the operation of said current responsive means for controlling said power-input controlling means to reduce the mover, and means for effecting intermittent operation of said last mentioned means.

- LEO H. PERRY. HERMAN BANY. 

